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 wayfarer, abandoned  on  the  highway between the  Jericho  of  this  world  and  the  heavenly Jerusalem, has  been  restored  to  life  and  hope  by  the elixir of  that  name,  as  was  the  robbers'  victim  by  the good Samaritan's  wine  and  oil. " Amen,  I  say  to you,"  says  Christ,  "  if  you  ask  the  Father  for  anything in  My  name  He  will  give  it  to  you." Let the miracles it  has  wrought  attest  the  curing  power  of that  name. Let him  attest — the  cripple  from  his mother's womb,  by  the  Beautiful  Gate  of  the  Temple, whom Peter  and  John,  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ of Nazareth,  caused  to  rise  and  walk;  let  him  give testimony — the blind  man,  by  the  walls  of  Jericho, who had  his  sight  restored  because  he  shouted  to  the passing Saviour,  "  Jesus,  Son  of  David,  have  mercy on  me." Witness they  from  whose  bodies  the Apostles, in  pursuance  of  His  promise,  cast  out devils in  His  name;  witness  they  from  whose  souls Christ's ministers,  in  later  years,  expelled  the  demons of sin;  let  these  and  countless  others  testify  how  true are Peter's  words  that  there  is  no  other  name  under heaven given  to  men  whereby  we  must  be  healed and saved.

Brethren, to  prove  to  you  the  dignity  of  Jesus' sacred name  it  will  suffice  to  briefly  trace  its  history. What pomp  and  ceremony  accompany  the  christening of  a  royal  babe,  and  yet,  how  paltry  that  compared to  the  naming  of  the  Prince  of  peace. From heaven to  earth,  the  King  of  kings  sent  Gabriel, the highest  in  His  court,  to  Mary,  daughter  of  a royal  line,  to  name  a  child — a  God-man — who  was